Shakespeare Masterclass

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• Spaces are limited, so we recommend booking early
• Bookings close at 5pm on Friday, 3 July 2026, or when the course reaches full capacity
• Please note: accommodation is not provided
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Ages 18+

Course Dates & Times

Saturday 18 – Sunday 19 July 2026
10am–5pm

About Shakespeare Masterclass

This fast-paced and in-depth two-day masterclass will provide you with a step-by-step approach to verse which will enable you to unlock an audition piece, a role or a rehearsal room using clues within the verse.  

Who is the course for?

Industry professionals and those in training, including acting and directing students.

What can I expect?

This masterclass consists of practical work and text analysis. There may also be some preparatory work which will be emailed to you before the course starts.

You can expect to explore:

• Clarity of meaning
• Acquiring a sense of ease and legato
• Arcs of thought
• Unlocking iambic; from basic building blocks to irregularities
• Magic words
• Use of sound in verse

You will leave the course with a comprehensive checklist of ways to approach verse. 

Do I need anything for the course?

Something to write on e.g. a notepad and pen/pencil and clothes you can move comfortably in.

Course Fee

£285

Book Now

• Spaces are limited, so we recommend booking early
• Bookings close at 5pm on Friday, 3 July 2026, or when the course reaches full capacity
• Please note: accommodation is not provided
• View our terms and conditions 

Eligibility

• We welcome participants from all ages 18 and over
• Participants must have sufficient English language skills in order to fully engage with the course 

About the Course Tutor

Scott trained at Guildhall School of Music & Drama.

He teaches and directs for Rose Bruford, Fourth Monkey, Central, LAMDA and Drama Studio London. He is an Associate Learning Practitioner for the Creative Learning Team at the RSC, and a workshop leader and storyteller for the Education Department at Shakespeare's Globe.

He is a leading member and Associate Director of experimental theatre company The Factory, with whom he has played Cymbeline, The Tempest, Julius Caesar, Macbeth, The Odyssey, Hamlet, The Seagull, Round Two, As You Like it, The Two Gentlemen of Verona, Pericles, Timon of Athens, Troilus & Cressida, Love's Labour's Lost, A Midsummer Night's Dream, Twelfth Night and Measure for Measure.

Other acting credits in theatre include King Lear (RSC First Encounters), Othello (RSC), London's Turbulent Son (Guildhall Yard), Mythosphere (Stone Nest, Shaftesbury Ave), As You Like It and Sonnet Sunday at Shakespeare’s Globe; Gone Fishing (The Vaults Festival, Waterloo); playing Stan Laurel in Laurel and Hardy (Frinton); The Magic Flute (Budapest Festival Orchestra); A Midsummer Night’s Dream (National Orchestra of Lyon); Mobile 4 (Orange Tree Theatre); iAm (Spid Productions); Bread (Metta Theatre for Theatre Uncut at The Young Vic); The Spire (Salisbury Playhouse); Brazil, Prometheus (Secret Cinema); Macbeth (Baz Productions); A Midsummer Night’s Dream (Jagged Fence); 3rd Ring Out (Metis Arts); Now is the Hour (Edinburgh); seasons at Stafford Festival Shakespeare and Sevenoaks Playhouse; The Merchant of Venice, Macbeth, Robin Hood, A Comedy of Errors (Creation); MoonJourney, (Pleasance); Treasure Island (Coventry).

Radio: Winner of the 2002 BBC Carleton Hobbs Award; numerous plays as part of the BBC Radio Drama Company.